Combs, who will also receive an honorary degree from the university alongside CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer, attended the historically black university for two years before dropping out in 1990.

Instead of finishing college, he went on to intern at New York’s Uptown Records and then founded Bad Boy Records as a joint venture with Arista Records in 1993. In addition to his own recording career, Combs signed Notorious B.I.G., Jodeci, Mary J. Blige, Usher, Lil’ Kim, TLC, Mariah Carey, Boyz II Men, SWV and Aretha Franklin, among others.

But, those accomplishments don’t seem to matter to critics of the university’s decision, who are upset that Diddy never graduated from college. Current Howard student Darien Carter tweeted his displeasure with the decision:

Can someone explain why Diddy, a person who never graduated from Howard, is speaking at graduation?

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